1/ 🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, paid an accuser in a sexual assault case despite denying any wrongdoing, according to new documents obtained by The Washington Post. 🧵 Here’s what we know so far: - ThreadSky

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social • 98 days ago

1/ 🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, paid an accuser in a sexual assault case despite denying any wrongdoing, according to new documents obtained by The Washington Post.

🧵 Here’s what we know so far:

Reposted from Nita Cosby

Trump's Defense pick Pete Hegseth paid sexual assault accuser but denies wrongdoing, attorney says. wapo.st/4eumAu1

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kefi59.bsky.social•98 days ago

I've been studying RESISTANCE GUIDE: How to sustain the movement to win by Paul Engler & Sophie Laso, with Momentum. It was written during Cheeto's first term. I want to be involved with a formal, organized national resistance. Anyone know of a current resistance movement being formed or active?

ar2-sec1-cl5.bsky.social•97 days ago

NOT I

I Need to Break Something
Throw rocks
At the sky
But it’s not the sky’s fault
Will this rage kill me
Or be forced to roll over and die

©️ Reneé Marie ✌ 11/17/24
#ACLU
#SPLC
#abetterchoice

kefi59.bsky.social•97 days ago

Thanks!

neighborscott.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yes. Positive action. Smart.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

Nice, I’ll look into that. The ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center are good places to start. Also writing to and calling representatives, donating, volunteering, and participating in protests. We’re #StrongerTogether

elspethreoch.bsky.social•97 days ago

Gonna have to start my own chapter of the John Brown gun club. Nothing within a 100 mi

elspethreoch.bsky.social•97 days ago

Is indivisable or surj an option? I'm also looking for a place to turn my fear and anger into progressive changes.

kefi59.bsky.social•97 days ago

Checking them out. Am looking for something not necessarily tied to Democrats and their groups. Just looking for a group comprised of all parties, races, etc that refuse to put up with fascism and Trump. I want to terrify him and his minions. And build a respected national presence.

elspethreoch.bsky.social•97 days ago

Any info on Womens march before Jan inauguration? I get a lot of push back regarding all the different groups. My "activist" friends always seem to have a reason for not joining: the founders, sponsors etc. Don't want naivete get me in w wrong groups

ar2-sec1-cl5.bsky.social•97 days ago

I need to know as well!

Progress only groans
clothed in a grift!

©️ Reneé Marie ✌✊

aurorahunter.bsky.social•97 days ago

Marching on D.C. BEFORE the tangerine tyrannt takes office, is a waste of effort.
On Jan 22, 2025, both women and men should march on the WH and totally surround him with 10 or 15 million people, while the rest of the resistance joins together in a strike.

kefi59.bsky.social•97 days ago

I’m in

aurorahunter.bsky.social•97 days ago

A strike to save our country, to save our children and grandchildren, to save our loved ones.

thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social•97 days ago

I wont hate on anyone going but I am not supporting this one because they seemed to go silent after their first one, four years ago. What they are planning now seems too little too late. I’d rather support groups who have been doing the work all along

thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social•97 days ago

For me, that’s supporting groups related to issues important to me like NAMI, Moms Demand Action, Postpartum Support International, and Food Allergy Research & Education

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

There was a Women’s March right before Election Day. Unfortunately it had very little media coverage in part because it probably was suppressed on X. There were Facebook ads about it

beelovevoteblue.bsky.social•93 days ago

That’s silly the more that go the more impact it has. What will it say if people stay home?
Think of that 1.6% who didn’t vote blue and handed the election to fascist. You are boycotting the wrong people.

carolthecrone.bsky.social•97 days ago

If you haven't seen the guide from Indivisible, here's a link, It's very grounded and I believe they have links to local chapters to help you find a group.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o1gSdFWIUpw41O5zbaxedVsr6Xik5XpPd9FwqvXYu40/edit?tab=t.0

larrychaffin.bsky.social•98 days ago

How many did Trump pay off with abortion after sex with him?

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

A ton of women, I’m sure

dabookdragon.bsky.social•98 days ago

Why are people acting like being a sexual predator is a disqualifier. This is 2024. Predators have been normalized. Hell, Even Jon Stewart has no problem platforming them and chatting cordially with them. After all ~~rape is a minor crime and most victims are just trying to ruin good men.~~

antifakate.bsky.social•98 days ago

I'm sorry, what? If being a sexual predator isn't disqualifying for you, you're part of the problem. And you consider yourself a defender of civil rights... seriously?

dabookdragon.bsky.social•98 days ago

I think you misunderstand the tone of my post. I am saying that Kavanaugh, Trump, and a myriad of other predators have normalized being a predator so this will not impede his confirmation. ~~Anything placed here is sarcasm~~

antifakate.bsky.social•97 days ago

Followed you

antifakate.bsky.social•97 days ago

Got it. Sometimes things get lost in translation on social media

akchaos.bsky.social•98 days ago

The guy is a total scum bag.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

💯 He also has a white supremacist tattoo. Truly the scum of the Earth

ezsmitty.bsky.social•98 days ago

Nothing but the best people.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

Right? He’s nominating the worst people

ctyankee007.bsky.social•98 days ago

That's why he likes him. Both misogynistic liars who have to pay women for their sexual advances. Birds of a feather...

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

Flock together. They’re both scum

sussuz.bsky.social•98 days ago

Gives him leverage

ctyankee007.bsky.social•98 days ago

That too! I didn't even think about that part of it. Added bonus for a bully isn't it?

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

Good point, it would make Hegseth more loyal to the convicted felon, if he could hang that over his head

idyll-dream2.bsky.social•98 days ago

Republicans also don't care that women are assaulted, harassed, and raped every single day. That's what they're FOR, Republicans think. If you've got a vagina, you are automatically considered prey. Dicks have rights; vaginas don't.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

Sure seems that way. The wretched Nick Fuentes said “your body, my choice. forever” He’s so repulsive 🤮

stephmag.bsky.social•98 days ago

It's a pre-requisite for the job

handle.invalid•97 days ago

That's what it looks like to me!

trump sexual predator, rapist and pedophile

Gaetz teen sex trafficking and drug pusher

Hegseth sexual predator and neo Nazi . Wasn't allowed to attend Bidens inauguration while in the national guard.

Boebert. Public sex acts

And that's just the ones I know

artkup3mw.bsky.social•98 days ago

Not just this job, but any job in the Trump circle / cabinet.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

Sure seems like sexual assault is a pre-requisite for the job in the adjudicated rapist and convicted felon’s orbit

lloydosten.bsky.social•98 days ago

Gee, that’s exactly the same thing trump said…

annermclean.bsky.social•98 days ago

Thank you for summarizing this for us. Great thread!

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

Absolutely! 😃 Chat GPT-4 is useful. People prefer reading threads over articles, especially because they don’t have to click on a link that has ads on it. Thanks! 😊 Hegseth is pure scum and has a white supremacist tattoo. Let’s #Resist to stop is confirmation #StrongerTogether

night9angel.bsky.social•98 days ago

And the chaos begins….

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

We’ll #Resist by pressuring our Senators to refuse to confirm nominees that are affronts to our democracy and attempts to take our rights away by writing letters, making calls, donating, and protesting. Courts will stop a lot, and we’ll have a #BlueWave2026. We are #StrongerTogether

umanoid.bsky.social•98 days ago

So did Trump. He was convicted on 34 counts of paying someone off for getting off. He has YET to pay a price. He also was convicted of sexual abuse and defamation and owes millions. HAsnt paid a cent. FOLKS. THIS IS A FEATURE. NOT A BUG.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

💯 It’s par for the course for a unanimously convicted felon and adjudicated rapist

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

2/ Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, paid a settlement to a woman who accused him of sexual assault. His attorney claims the encounter was consensual, but the nondisclosure agreement raises serious questions.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

3/ Hegseth’s attorney says he was “visibly intoxicated” during the incident and alleges the woman was the aggressor. However, the woman filed a police report days later, describing the experience as rape, and later received a rape-kit examination.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

4/ The rape-kit reportedly tested positive for semen, but no charges were filed. Hegseth’s legal team argues this was due to lack of evidence and the “he said, she said” nature of the case.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

5/ The incident took place in 2017 at a hotel in Monterey, CA, where Hegseth was attending a Republican women’s conference. The woman was there with her husband and children — a fact that casts doubt on the narrative that she was the aggressor.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

6/ According to a memo sent to Trump’s transition team by a friend of the accuser, Hegseth allegedly pressured two women at the bar before the incident. The accuser stepped in, and later found herself in his room with “hazy” memories of what happened next.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

7/ Despite his denials, Hegseth agreed to a settlement with the accuser, fearing the incident would cost him his job at Fox News. His lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter when she threatened legal action, warning against a public fight.

whiskeythinker.bsky.social•97 days ago

None of these guys can get laid without forcing women into it and half the country is cool with it because "owning the libz" or some sort of bullshit

passthesalty.bsky.social•98 days ago

Does it feel like the Trump team is The real "Pizza gate" sex trafficking bosses. There's too many predators in the MAGA party!

4gabriel.bsky.social•98 days ago

The whole time

scottmaggelet.bsky.social•97 days ago

Pizza Gaetz!

lisamikels2.bsky.social•98 days ago

They are all child molesters

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

💯 Pete Hegseth for SecDef & Matt Gaetz for AG? This is about power, not leadership. Hegseth’s divisive rhetoric threatens national security, and Gaetz’s legal issues undermine justice. Demand the Senate block these dangerous picks. 🙏 Sign the petition now! 🇺🇸🛑 #ProtectAmerica
https://chng.it/kbJbHcjSQb

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

💯 Trump’s team is the real Pizza Gate, & Gaetz is a sex trafficker. The convicted felon is an adjudicated rapist. This sexual assault by Hegseth & white supremacist tattoo along with the desire of the convicted felon to court martial dissenters should be enough to prevent confirmation if we #Resist

bitchiebootie.bsky.social•97 days ago

He fits right in with T’s cabal.

sussuz.bsky.social•98 days ago

Who could have guessed?

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yeah, predictable for a unanimously convicted felon who paid off a porn star and adjudicated rapist to nominated someone accused of sexual assault

dinajay.bsky.social•98 days ago

You don’t pay someone to hide nothing.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

💯 He certainly tried to hide the sexual assault and fortunately wasn’t successful. That and his white supremacist tattoo should be enough to stop his confirmation as Secretary of Defense if we #Resist. We are #StrongerTogether

moejoe.bsky.social•98 days ago

They HATE women. We kinda thought that before but this guy and the perv they are printing to AG is definitive proof.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

Yeah, they are mysoginists to the core. Also, Hegseth, Miller, and Homan are white supremacists

moejoe.bsky.social•98 days ago

Just a little - not enough to matter really. :)
(wearesoscrewed)

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

Wow. I thought it was just one tattoo on his neck. Didn’t realize his whole body is littered in white “Christian” nationalists crusade tattoos. Bet the near 50% of Muslims who voted for the convicted felon regret their vote right now. War in the Middle East would be likely. 🙏 sign
https://chng.it/kbJbHcjSQb

mj31.bsky.social•97 days ago

The appointments reminds me of every creep and horrible person in every military movie -like the General’s Daughter.

moejoe.bsky.social•97 days ago

That's a movie I always seem to stop on - and every time - Travolta gets on my last nerve. :D

mj31.bsky.social•97 days ago

Haha. How about A Few Good Men.

moejoe.bsky.social•98 days ago

printing? This musta been late... I'm sure I meant "appointing." Y'all are just gonna have to interpret the typos cuz the Social Media Overlords LIKE our mistakes and want us to wallow in them. :)

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

😂 I’m loving BlueSky. One improvement though would be the ability to edit. Typos are funny sometimes

moejoe.bsky.social•98 days ago

I need an edit button in real life. :)

antifascistaf.bsky.social•98 days ago

Sounds like he fits right in with the scum he’ll be swimming with

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•97 days ago

💯 He’s nominating a swamp of scummy people

trueblue53.bsky.social•98 days ago

When a man is not guilty, he will not pay off the accuser.

defendingdemocracy.bsky.social•98 days ago

💯 Hegseth is definitely guilty

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